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Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up! May 21!

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  • Free shipping is for 24 hours only. Orders must be opened and closed on May 21, 2024. Don’t start typing in your order the night before!
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 USD. 
  • Prepaid 3-, 6-, or 12-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions can contribute to the qualifying amount for free shipping (Month-to-month subscriptions do not qualify). Subscriptions billed and shipped this month will be charged for the normal amount ($24.50 USD shipping included) + tax.

Now’s the time to order some new products from the new Annual Catalog! Or stock up on basics! Or try a Kit in the Kits Collection on your order. Lots to choose from to reach $75 and get FREE SHIPPING!

Make out your list over the weekend and then be ready to order ONE DAY ONLY on May 21!

Checking Out New Stampin’ Up! Products

Testing Markers

It’s so much fun receiving an order of new Stampin’ Up! products! As a Demonstrator, I got to preorder certain products from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog this month. One of the products I got were all the Stampin’ Blends Markers in the new In Colors. They are not all pictured in the photo above, but I did get all five new In Colors.

Here’s a tip when you get new Stampin’ Up! products! Check them over! After receiving the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, I sat down with a scrap of Basic White cardstock and tried out each color, brush end and tip end. You want to do this to make sure you don’t have a defective marker that maybe is dried out. I have rarely had this happen, but you know, stuff happens sometimes. I think sometimes there is a batch of a certain product that isn’t perfect. I just try out each marker, just scribbled a little test scribble. I suggest coloring on Basic White so you can see the true color of the marker. I have done it just on my grid paper but it’s not the same. You might find out if the markers all work properly, but scribbling on white cardstock lets you see the color. And that’s something you want to know with a new marker color!

Naturally, I forgot to order a few things on my first preorder so I had to place another order, like for the new Basic Beige cardstock and ink pad, plus the retiring Stampin’ Write Core Colors markers. These markers came out last year when we had the big color refresh to fill in the colors we already had. When I saw that these markers were on a good discount at 50% off I thought it was a great deal to get them!

As I said about the Stampin’ Blends markers, I sat down with a scrap of Basic White cardstock to test out all the Stampin’ Write Markers and make sure they were all working fine. They were! What I didn’t think about at first is that these are the new design of Stampin’ Write Markers! I realized they felt thinner than the markers I had plus the tip end had a new design! I really liked the new tip end! How do we get so excited about such things?! That’s why we are papercrafters I guess!

These Stampin’ Write Core Color Markers are 50% off!! So if you need to fill in these colors, or even most of them, it’s time to order them before they disappear. Actually, I thought they were sold out but more must have come in! The colors are Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie, and Pretty Peacock.

And while we are talking about Stampin’ Up! colors, here are cardstock colors I stocked up on that I needed before prices go up. But when I held the packages together, I just thought “How pretty all these colors are!” So I had to take a photo to show you! One of the best things about Stampin’ Up! is how pretty their colors are and how the products all coordinate. You won’t get a red ink that doesn’t quite match the paper.

Stampin' Up! Colors

There are six days left of the Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog (the Spring Mini) and the discounts on the Last Chance List! Don’t miss out!

SHOP THE LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS!

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Last Chance Sale Begins Today!

Last Chance April 2024 Banner Info

The Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and the January – April 2024 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) will soon be retiring.  Some products will carry over to the new Annual Catalog, which I always like so I get to use some stamp sets some more.

Starting TODAY, April 9th you will be able to get discounts on select products. There are only a few in the Spring Mini and lots more in the Annual Catalog List.  Keep in mind that ALL Bundles will be retired, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the components of that Bundle won’t still be carried.  They just break up the old Bundles and make Bundles of new products.  So a Bundle might be retiring, but maybe you can still buy the stamp set or dies or punch or whatever in the new catalog separately.  You will just miss out on the 10% discount on a Bundle if you don’t buy one you want before the new catalog goes into effect.

  • All products are available while supplies last, and there are no purchase limits.
  • Discounted items can be added to a Starter Kit and redeemed as a 50% off item or with Stampin’ Rewards.
  • Only orders opened and closed during the promotion period apply. 
  • Stamp sets are not guaranteed during this promotion and are while supplies last.

SHOP HERE AT THIS LINK!

Annual Catalog Last Chance List of Retiring Products

Spring Mini Last Chance List of Retiring Products

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Have you signed up for my Stamping With Karen Mailing List yet? If you like visiting my blog or if this is your first time here, please join us by signing up in the Mailing List Sign Up Box! It’s the red box over on the top right side of my blog or perhaps at the bottom of this post if you are on your phone. You will receive an email newsletter on the first Tuesday of each month with the latest Stampin’ Up! news and any special offers, plus at least one tutorial for a card or another project or tip.  

Each following Tuesday I send an email, again with some stamping idea or a review of some projects I have recently had on my blog, plus any news or reminders. Stampin’ Up! updates us on Tuesday mornings with any news or special offers, so Tuesday is a good time to get in touch with you!

If you like getting new ideas for stamping, then this is for you! These projects are exclusive to my newsletter. I don’t post them on my blog or online.

We’re a long way from Christmas, but when fall rolls around I begin sending my subscribers an extra email each week with an exclusive holiday project inside!  We start with cards, move on to gift ideas, and end up with tags and bags! Only my subscribers receive these newsletters each week leading up to the holidays so make sure YOU are signed up! And tell your friends! It’s something extra I like to do for my email subscribers as a thank you to them.

No obligation, of course!  As with any email, just unsubscribe it if it is not for you.

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Here is a link to sign up also. See you on Tuesday!

Stampin’ Up! Retiring Lists Posted!

Last Chance Products April 2024

They are here! The lists of Last Chance Products retiring from both the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini (Jan – April 2024 Mini Catalog) are here! It’s a shame to see some favorites go, but there are always new products on the horizon!

From April 9-30, you can stock up on your favorite products and save up to 60% on essential craft supplies! NOT ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE DISCOUNTED! A selection of Last Chance Products will only be available while supplies last.

Put on your reading glasses or zoom in to read these lists. The print is always tiny.  

Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog 2023
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Click HERE for Annual Catalog Last Chance Products

Spring Mini 2024 Catalog Cover
Click Catalog for List

Click HERE for Mini Catalog Last Chance Products

I’ll leave you with that today!

It’s March 18th! Catalog Last Chance Lists!

March 18 on Calendar

It’s That Time Again!

It’s impossible to believe we are at this point in the year! Time flies when we are having fun stamping and savoring our Stampin’ Up! catalogs! But it is time for a new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog (almost!) and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) is getting close to going out. The Stampin’ Up! Annual 2023-2024 Catalog will retire April 30, 2024 and the Spring Mini as well!

That means that Stampin’ Up! will release the Last Chance Lists for both catalogs today at 1:00 PM MT (Stampin’ Up! time!). Demonstrators will be able to view the upcoming Annual Catalog online today also, so the Stampin’ Up! website will be buzzing with excitement!

3:00 PM Eastern Time

2:00 PM Central Time

1:00 PM Mountain Time

Noon Pacific Time

When I get the Last Chance Lists I will post them here. Hang on! Products will be available while supplies last once these lists hit the streets! You can order in the morning if you want to beat the rush and get whatever you’ve got to have before the crowd rushes in!

Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog 2023

Spring Mini 2024 Catalog Cover

Thank Goodness For Leap Year and One More Day of Sale-A-Bration!

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Images © Stampin’ Up! 2024

In most years, today, February 28 would be the last day of Sale-A-Bration at Stampin’ Up! But luckily this is a Leap Year so we get an extra day to get FREE products with every $50 we order from Stampin’ Up!

If you would like a refresher, here are the videos Stampin’ Up! gave us to tell us about Sale-A-Bration.

Watch this video to see the products and what coordinates with them from the Spring Mini Catalog!

Watch this video and get a good look at all the designer series papers that you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration! As good as they may look on video, remember that in person the Stampin’ Up! designer series papers look even more beautiful and fantastic!

And if you are interested in being a Demonstrator…..

Sale-A-Bration 2024 Catalog

Click on the Sale-A-Bration Brochure above to view it online!

And Stampin’ Up! added more products to get with a $50 or $100 purchase!

More to Sale-A-Brate New Products Feb 2024
Click to read!

Shop from any of the Stampin’ Up! catalogs (Annual & Spring Mini) plus the Online ExclusivesClearance RackKits, and even Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions! If you can purchase it at Stampin’ Up! and you spend $50 or more in one order, you may choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. Have fun!!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Ends in Two Weeks!

Sale-A-Bration 2024 Banner

Can you believe Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration is coming to an end only two weeks from today?! It always seems like a long time when it begins and then before we know it, it comes to an end. Fortunately, we still have some time left to make Stampin’ Up! purchases and earn FREE products!

In case you are new, Sale-A-Bration is an annual promotion that Stampin’ Up! has held for many, many years and is a favorite because it involves earning free products! With every $50 purchase, you may earn a free Sale-A-Bration product. There are no limits to how much you can earn. Spending $100, for example, gives you the choice to choose two free products at the $50 Level, but there are additional special choices at the $100 Level if you prefer. Having an order of $150 or more also earns Stampin’ Rewards of 10% more in current Stampin’ Up! products plus Sale-A-Bration.

Here is the main Sale-A-Bration brochure for choosing FREE rewards:

Sale-A-Bration 2024 Catalog
Click to View Brochure

Recently Stampin’ Up! added some additional choices!

More to Sale-A-Brate New Products Feb 2024

If you like Paper Pumpkin, you might like to consider adding a Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Subscription to your order and earning Sale-A-Bration rewards with that subscription. Even if you are already getting the monthly subscription, you can purchase a prepaid subscription that will override the monthly subscription until it runs out, and then your account will automatically revert to your monthly subscription. You still can skip a month if you need to with a prepaid subscription.

Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscriptions
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You can add the 1-month Prepaid Subscription to your order to reach $50 or whatever amount you want to reach. If you purchase the 3-month Prepaid Subscription for $69.50 you will earn a free Sale-A-Bration product at the $50 Level. (You will pay the minimum shipping on that amount for the Sale-A-Bration product if that is all you order.) Not only can you earn Sale-A-Bration rewards but you will get a Paper Pumpkin Kit in your mailbox each month!

Another benefit during Sale-A-Bration is the opportunity to JOIN Stampin’ Up! as a Demonstrator and receive an extra bonus!

SAB Join Bonus

Check over all these options going on during Sale-A-Bration in the next two weeks and decide if you want to take advantage of any of them! Sale-A-Bration ends February 29, 2024! We get an extra day this year to Sale-A-Brate!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

All About Sale-A-Bration 2024 Free Gifts

Sale-A-Bration 2024 Banner
Images © Stampin’ Up! 2024

Some of us have been around for a LOT of Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Brations (Does anyone remember when it was called “Sell-a-Bration”?) but some of you are new and may not be familiar with this favorite promotion of Stampin’ Up! We used to only receive a very small brochure with maybe four to six products to choose from with a $50 purchase. But now, we have quite a few choices for every $50 purchase and even some extra-special choices with a $100 purchase!

Watch this video to see the products and what coordinates with them from the Spring Mini Catalog!

Watch this video and get a good look at all the designer series papers that you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration! As good as they may look on video, remember that in person the Stampin’ Up! designer series papers look even more beautiful and fantastic!

Sale-A-Bration 2024 Catalog

Click on the Sale-A-Bration Brochure above to view it online!

Shop from any of the Stampin’ Up! catalogs (Annual & Spring Mini) plus the Online Exclusives, Clearance Rack, Kits, and even Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions! If you can purchase it at Stampin’ Up! and you spend $50 or more in one order, you may choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. Have fun!!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

Flight and Airy You’re Marvelous Card

Flight and Airy You're Marvelous Card

This Flight & Airy You’re Marvelous Card is made with brand new designer paper, and you can earn it for FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration. This Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper is wonderful! It has watercolored birds, foliage, flowers, and washes. These papers will make beautiful cards and projects for spring!

This card has a Basic White card base but instead of leaving a white margin around the layers, I covered the entire card front with designer paper. I started by choosing the sheet of paper with a vertical line of branches and birds. Although you might waste a bit of paper, it was like cutting out the Christmas design with the bears so that you could make a little scene on your card. I chose a section of birds that I liked and cut the strip of paper to include that area. From that full length of paper, I cut the section that I wanted to be on the front of the card. After I worked on the card, I trimmed that piece of designer paper to be just a little bit narrower. It ended up being 3″ x 5 1/2″.

The “other side” of that same paper was a Pecan Pie brown with crisscrossed lines. I liked it and wanted to use it with the birds section. As I played with making the front of the card, I wanted to add another color to brighten up the card a little bit, to bring out the colors of the birds. I chose Daffodil Delight to be just a narrow strip along the side of the designer paper.

I didn’t want to waste a lot of the designer paper, so I cut the brown pattern into two pieces at 3/4″ x 5 1/2″. I adhered those two strips to each side of the card, exactly on the edges, top and bottom. The Daffodil Delight strips, which are 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ were adhered to the sides of the bird paper with just 1/4″ showing. It helps to use Grid Paper to get everything even and straight. Then I adhered that whole section to the front of the card, making sure I had it even top and bottom and with equal amounts of the brown pattern showing on each side.

The greeting is stamped in Pecan Pie ink on Basic White. I diecut it with a Tailor Made Tag Die, but I found it too large for this card. I didn’t want to cover up any of the pretty birds. I ended up trimming that sentiment as narrow as I could, then flagging one end. Then I layered it on a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock and trimmed that as narrow as I could for a layer. Luckily, it fit exactly right on the card without hiding any birds!

You know if I have a new package of embellishments, I must use them! The colors aren’t all perfect matches, but close enough for matching shades of watercolors. I used the Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots. These are in the new Spring Mini Catalog on page 33.

Overall this is a pretty basic, easy card for you to make and fantastic when you can get free designer series paper! Plan your orders in January and February in $50 increments so you can take advantage of Sale-A-Bration!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

Didn’t Get the Christmas Gift You Wanted?

Didn’t get the Christmas gift you wanted? The family didn’t appreciate all your hard work to make their holidays perfect? Take matters into your own hands and get something to soothe your soul! Order from Stampin’ Up!!

One option:

Another option:

  • Wait until January 4th when the Spring Mini Catalog (January-April 2024 Mini Catalog) goes LIVE! Get anything you want as long as your order is $50 or more so you can get a FREE Sale-A-Bration item, too! BONUS!

Another option:

  • Order one of the kits in the Kits Collection so you have everything you need and don’t have to hunt for supplies or design a project! Just sit down and make it! Everyone will be back at work and school by the time you receive it. I’d suggest the newest Painted Wishes Kit!

And one more:

Sign up for a Paper Pumpkin subscription to get a papercrafting kit in the mail every month. That should help erase those unappreciated feelings for sure!

Go for it! You deserve it!

FREE SHIPPING Coming!

Free Shipping Dec 14 Banner Info

YES!!

Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING with any $75 order, ONE DAY ONLY, on Thursday, December 14!

In case you are like me and think December 14 is a couple of weeks away….NO…it is THIS Thursday! Don’t miss it!

Have something on your wish list? Are you thinking about stocking up on crafting essentials? Have you got the urge to splurge? Shop on December 14th and get all the products you love while saving on shipping costs! This incredible deal only lasts for 24 hours, so don’t miss out! Share the good news with any of your crafty friends, too!

PROMOTION DETAILS:

–Free shipping is for 24 hours only. Orders must be opened and closed on December 14, 2023.
–Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 USD (before tax).
–Coupon codes and product credits are non-commissionable and will lower your order’s retail amount. Orders must meet the qualifying amount to be eligible for free shipping.
–The additional cost for expedited shipping is not covered by this promotion.
–Prepaid 3-, 6-, or 12-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions can contribute to the qualifying amount for free shipping (Month-to-month subscriptions do not qualify). Subscriptions billed and shipped this month will be charged for the normal amount ($24.50 USD shipping included) + tax.
— Please keep in mind that due to the high volume of orders and the Christmas season, the distribution center may fall behind our typical shipping timeframes. We will do all we can to return to our regular service levels as quickly as possible. Any orders placed during this promotion are not guaranteed to arrive before or by December 25.

HAPPY FREE SHIPPING DAY THURSDAY!

Hurry! Clearance Rack Refresh Today!

Clearance Rack

Just announced this morning! A new Clearance Rack Refresh! That means Stampin’ Up! put a whole bunch of retired products on the Clearance Rack at great prices. The best stuff will go fast so get in there and see if there is anything you want! While Supplies Last!

While you are shopping online, check out the Online Exclusives because there are Christmas things you still could use!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! HERE!